Show s- s Lo SPREADS r H A D J GUlF r ury 16 Below in Omaha Oma- Oma ha hit Chicago T Temperature Tempera empera- empera I ture 7 Below I By Associated Press COLN OL Neb Jan Jin 3 Nebraska Nebraska a I Ia fay a remained in m the grip rip of the cold Which began in the Middle West Vest II 1 the coming of the new year ni Il atutes e ranged from 22 degrees Lo zero zero at Valentine in the north- north part of the state to 16 and jl slow at Omaha and Lincoln ree rc- rc e vely H Reports received here t shown show n weather er conditions prevailing South Dal Dakota ota and western Iowa I War City the thermometer regise regis regis- e 20 de degrees rees below the zero mar mark I III II life lie e at Mitchell S S. D D. the tempera- tempera I yas 35 below zero i iLD I LD WAVE SPREADS 1 i iS S WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Jan 3 The a.-The The west west- I t 1 cold wave wa spread southward toy to- to i. i y to ro the gulf coast and northwest I r noa a and eastward over the Appah Appa- Appa i h mali an n mountains with indications I Lt would reach all parts of or the the them st m tonight and tomorrow A deed de de- de I de-I ed drop ed drop in temperature was prete pro pre t te Its duration will be brief i I Mimi Minn with a minimum I Ing ng of 34 degrees below zero held ild md weather record In the Norths North- North I s I 1 r T raj cold extended generally to the 1 Jt 1 Jackson Miss reporting aI a ao jl I o C snow the heaviest in twenty y i S I Il BELOW BELOW IN CHICAGO AGO Jan 3 Chicagoans d l to their various various' vocations today temperature of 7 degrees rees below o s ith n assurance from the weather 1 I forecaster that it would be colder be before before before be- be fore it became warmer To add to toI I the discomfort of those out of doors a a tiff stiff wind was blowing from the I west The health commissioner and other physicians declared the cold weather had brought a lessening in the number of influenza cases traffic Be Beyond rond slowing up street th the weather had no effect on transportation tation One hundred fire alarms were turned in since last night due mostly to overheated furnaces and flues |